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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 02 Feb 1695 [his father] James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 22) and [his mother] Mary Lake (age 26) were married.
On 01 Feb 1708 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos was born to James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 35) and Mary Lake (age 39).
On 15 Sep 1712 [his mother] Mary Lake (age 44) died. She was buried at Chandos Mausoleum Church of St Lawrence Whitchurch Lane Little Stanmore.
On 04 Aug 1713 [his father] James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 40) and [his step-mother] Cassandra Willoughby Duchess Chandos (age 43) were married. They were half first cousins.
On 21 Dec 1728 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 20) and Mary Bruce (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury (age 46) and Anne Savile. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 55) and Mary Lake.
In 1729 [his daughter] Caroline Brydges was born to Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 20) and [his wife] Mary Bruce (age 19).
On 27 Dec 1731 [his son] James Brydges 3rd Duke Chandos was born to Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 23) and [his wife] Mary Bruce (age 21).
On 18 Apr 1736 [his father] James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 63) and Lydia Catherine Van Hatten Duchess Chandos were married. She by marriage Duchess Chandos.
On 14 Aug 1738 [his wife] Mary Bruce (age 28) died.
On 09 Aug 1744 [his father] James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos (age 71) died at Cannons House Little Stanmore. He was buried at Chandos Mausoleum Church of St Lawrence Whitchurch Lane Little Stanmore. His son Henry (age 36) succeeded 2nd Duke Chandos, 2nd Marquess Carnarvon, 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 2nd Viscount Wilton, 10th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, 5th Baronet Brydges of Wilton in Herefordshire.
On 25 Dec 1744 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 36) and Anne Wells Duchess Chandos were married at Keith's Chapel, Mayfair. She by marriage Duchess Chandos. Two versions of their meeting are related... He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake.
Notes & Queries 1870 4th Series, Vol. 6, p.179: Lord Omery remarked, on 15th January 1745, "Of her person & character people speak variously, but all agree that both are very bad." He was speaking of Anne, Duchess of Chandos. She was the daughter of one John Wells of Newbury (& St. Marylebone) whose arms appear as azure, three fountains proper, on her hatchment at Keynsham Church. She was chambermaid at the Pelican Inn Newbury, and married to Jeffries the Ostler there. There is a story about the Duchess told by an old lady of Newbury, who was ten years old at the time. Henry Bridges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, while on his way to London, dined at the Pelican Inn in Newbury, with a companion (it has been claimed that the Inn was the Marlborough Castle, but this is incorrect). After dinner there was a stir and a bustle in the Inn Yard. The explanation came that "A man is going to sell his wife and they are leading her up the yard with a halter round her neck". "We will go and see the sale, " said the Duke. On entering the yard, however, he was so smitten with the woman's beauty and the patient way she waited to be set free from her ill‑conditioned husband, the Inn's ostler, that he bought her himself. She was his mistress for some years. In August 1738 his wife died, and by 1744 the ostler was dead also, and the two were finally married at Mr. Keith's Chapel, Mayfair on 25th December 1744.
The Gentleman's Magazine 1832. The Duke of Chandos, while staying at a small country inn, saw the ostler beating his wife in a most cruel manner; he interfered and literally bought her for half a crown. She was a young and pretty woman; the Duke had her educated; and on the husband's death he married her. On her death-bed, she had her whole household assembled, told them her history, and drew from it a touching moral of reliance on Providence; as from the most wretched situation, she had been suddenly raised to one of the greatest prosperity; she entreated their forgiveness if at any time she had given needless offence, and then dismissed them with gifts; dying almost in the very act.
On 22 Mar 1753 [his son] James Brydges 3rd Duke Chandos (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Nicol were married. He the son of Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 45) and [his former wife] Mary Bruce.
On 09 Aug 1753 [his son-in-law] Edwyn Francis Stanhope (age 24) and [his daughter] Caroline Brydges (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 45) and [his former wife] Mary Bruce.
On 10 Mar 1755 [his son-in-law] James Leigh (age 31) and [his daughter] Caroline Brydges (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 47) and [his former wife] Mary Bruce. They were second cousins.
In 1767 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 58) and Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos (age 36) were married. She by marriage Duchess Chandos. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake.
On 28 Nov 1771 Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 63) died. His son [his son] James (age 39) succeeded 3rd Duke Chandos, 3rd Marquess Carnarvon, 3rd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Viscount Wilton, 11th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, 6th Baronet Brydges of Wilton in Herefordshire.
In 1813 [his former wife] Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos (age 82) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Brydges 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Chandos 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Brydges 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Carne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Carne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Brydges 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brydges 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Scudamore 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Scudamore 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elynor Croft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Scudamore Lady Bridges 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Throckmorton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: James Brydges 8th Baron Chandos 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Barnard
GrandMother: Elizabeth Barnard Baroness Chandos
Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Almeric Lake
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lake
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lancelot Lake
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Rider
GrandFather: Thomas Lake 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cheke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Cheeke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cheeke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Radclyffe 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Radclyffe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Harvey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cheeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez
Great x 2 Grandmother: Essex Rich 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Mary Lake 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Langham 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Rebecca Langham